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Lately I have been getting the hardwood leftovers from a specialty sawmill/cabinet shop nearby and cutting it up to sell as firewood. Any of you guys sell your scraps or know anyone in the DFW...North Texas area with piles for sale?

I do not sale my scraps. I have a friend who will cut and split all the pine and give it to local elderly people who need firewood. The oak, walnut and cherry scraps I cut and split and keep for firewood for both my family and my Mom's wood stove. I also give away a lot of pine trimmings to friends that I hunt and trap with to use as kindling.

Not far from me is a retired gentleman who makes toys for kids and refuses to take any money.I've supplied him with some cherry, elm, ash, hickory, poplar, maple, apple, and black birch to mention a few.Gives him something to do, and helps me clean up.Gerald

I can't give away scraps unless it is late summer and people are looking for firewood. I do save enough for myself and family for firewood. Problem is, I didn't even burn a 1/2 cord this winter. Only had maybe 7 days of cold weather so far.

Anything like white oak, hickory, Suger Maple, Pecan, Apple, ect... I give to the guy at Sure-Set Saw here in Chesapeake, Va. Sure-Set is THE local sharpening service in my area.They do really good work and are really great folks, all of their customers look out for them in one way or another. We are very fortunate to have a small buisness like them in the area.Good wholesome old fasion values and courtsey.Like the old General Store without the Flour, Corn Meal and the old Coca Cola cooler with the water in it an the clean white cotton cloth to wipe the bottles off with. The world needs to get back to that, and penny candy too.Rember Hersey Kisses when they were two for a penny ?I miss those days.......

I have 2 sizable mountains of Hemlock slabs and edgings.I give away all i can but only have 1 really good source for the giveaway at present.My helper who moved to Texas on me used to take all but the edgings.Kbeitz I too like your pallets.I plan to run my boiler all year now for my domestic hot water and plan to copy tour design and burn as many of my slabs as i can.Used to just have a huge bonfire by NY in its wisdom banned most open burning.

On the bottom of the pallet in the back is one steel rail.This keeps it from tipping forward when picking it up with short forks.The plate is 1/2" thick x 3" wide x 4 feet long. It helps a lot. Two longbolts keeps it all together.

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Collector and builder of many things.Love machine shop workand Wood work shop workAnd now a saw mill work